Hey guys it's time for another chapter in my Destiny story. But right now, onto the reviews.

Existential ERROR: I did not think of that, and you definitely saved me from doing just that. Making a lazy story, and that is something I do not want. So, I thank you Existential for pointing that error out to me. I will fix that in this chapter and won't do it again in my other stories. I'm lazy enough as it is, I don't need the story to be lazy as well. So once again, thank you.

That is all I have time for the reviews. And like I said, I won't make that mistake again. Hope you guys like the story, though I don't know if my way of fixing that blunder from last chapter is lazy either. On to the chapter.

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{The Tower, The Next Morning}

Diamond POV
Black Garden Arc Part 1
Pre-Dark Below

I had woken up early in the morning with preparing my gear for when I go to Mars. "Hey Cole, do you think that it would be a good idea to tell them everything. Because I'm starting to have doubts about it." I ask Cole as he materializes. "Well, that depends on what you tell them. Will it change how things play out in the game?" Cole asked me as I finished grabbing all my supplies. "Yes, yes it would." I say to Cole. "And most likely not in a good way either, but I still have to tell them something!" I exclaim, now seeing just what I had done to myself. I put myself in a very bad hard place. "Just tell them a little bit. That way you won't have to reveal too much." Cole said to me, getting me thinking. "Yeah, but what good would that do? I mean I could make an excuse of me seeing that this would happen, but then I would become Warlock central. I just don't know…" I say while laying down on my bed. I really should have thought things through. "I'll just figure it out during our time out of here, I'm going to need a clear head for what we're about to do."

We then leave my room and make our way to the hangar. I arrive a few minutes later and head towards my ship. Once I'm in I ask for permission to leave the Tower, to which it was granted. We then left, and I punched in the coordinates for the Reef. This will be a long journey, so I'm going to rest up for the hour long ride.

{An Three Hours Later, Just Outside Of The Reef}

I eventually wake up to Cole saying my name. I notice we are just outside of the Reef and going right into what appears to be a ship graveyard. I then hop into the pilot seat and prepare for a transmission from my future escorts. As we were flying I noticed two familiar shaped spacecrafts 'pieces' floating in space. That's when I get a hail. "Intruder bearing 127. You have crossed into the realm of the Awoken. State your business or be fired on by order of the Queen." Came the hail from one of the pilots. I then look at Cole. "Don't look at me. Better say something." Cole said to me, which caused me to openly smile at him. I then respond to the hail. "We are from Earth. We're here to seek the counsel of the Awoken." I say exactly how it was said in the game. I notice they're silent after me saying that for a little bit. I then receive a hail from them. "Conform to my trajectory. Any deviation will be taken as an act of aggression." The pilot on the other end said to me. I smirk at Cole, "I knew we were in the right place." I say to him. "Why is the right place always so terrifying?" Cole asked me. "Because, it wouldn't be us if it was." I answer him as we were escorted to the Queen's Ketch.

As we landed there was an escort there to pick me up and bring me to the Queen. I then lowered the ramp to see all of the Awoken guards point their guns at me. As I walked down the ramp I noticed someone leading the guards that were supposed to escort me. "Why have you come here?" Said none other than Petra of the Queen's Guard. "I have come here to seek the Awoken's counsel." I say as I remove my helmet, revealing my young features to the strangely all female group of guards. I also saw Petra have a shocked expression as well as some of the other guards have one as well. "What is one so young doing away from the City if I may ask?" Petra asked me. "I have come to help the Traveler heal by elimating the Darkness that is stopping it from healing." I say in a completely serious face. "Well follow me then, I'll bring you to the Queen." Petra said to me, getting over her shocked expression.

As we were walking I decided to leave my helmet off. I did hear some things from my escorts though, "Did the Vanguard really send him to us?" to "I can't believe that a kid from the Last City is asking us for help. What will they do in return?" to finally "I wonder if he's single? My daughter could really use a boyfriend as handsome as him." Hang on, did that guard call me handsome? Is what I thought to myself before we went into more populated areas, with Cole just howling with laughter inside my head. We first went through the market, then through what appeared to be an industrial district, then through a living area, and finally the door to the Queen's throne room. "Uhm, before I go in there may I ask of your name?" I ask to Petra. "Oh, my name is Petra Venj. And what is yours?" Petra asked me. "Diamond, my name is Diamond. And I am glad to have met you Petra." I say as I enter the throne room.

I enter the room with two guards behind me as I walk down a catwalk. As I'm walking I see the Queen's brother just standing there. "So, these are the trespassers demanding an audience?" I hear him say. "We didn't mean to trespass." Cole said right beside me. "The Queen herself judges who may or may not enter her realm. Me, I see no reason she should be available for whatever washes up at the Reef. But here we are." He said to us. "We've come to ask for help." I simply state to him, making sure to hide my irritation with him. That is when I see two Fallen Vandals come from behind the throne with spears. "Fallen!" Cole cried in alarm, but I stayed put. That is when I see the Queen walk from behind her throne, and man does the game not do her enough justice. "This one does not fear the Fallen. It understands that these ones are mine." She says in slight surprise, as she sits on her throne. "Apologies… Your Grace." The Prince said as he turned to his sister. "I am a Guardian. From Earth. We're searching for the Black Garden." I say, catching everyone's attention. "Why?" The Prince asked me. "We seek to destroy the Darkness hidden at its heart." I say to answer him. "You want to turn it into a battleground. How unimaginative." He said to me. "Do you know of a way to get in?" I ask them both. "That's the hard part. You probably don't even know where it is." The Prince said to me. "Can you help me get in?" I ask in seriousness. "And why would we do that!?" The Prince said while getting in my face. "The Queen requests counsel with her brother." I heard the Queen say. I then see Prince Uldren go to his sister and speak with each other. I then see him get a smirk on his face. "Yes, that's good. That's good. Why not? We'll make you a key! How's that? All we need is the head of a Vex Gate Lord…" Uldren said with a smug grin on his face. "Why do you need a Vex head?" I ask Uldren and Mora, the Queen. "Oh, we don't. And I doubt we'll get one either. But it's your only hope of getting into the Black Garden." Uldren said to while turning away from me. I then nodded my head to Cole just as we planned.

Mora Sov (Don't remember if I'm spelling it right) POV

As I saw my brother turn away from the Guardian I saw him nod his head to his Ghost. This Guardian rather intrigued me, since not only did he see that my Eliksni are not his enemies, but also didn't even tense up at the sight of them. As if he expected them. I also heard from Petra that he was kind and courteous to the Awoken they passed by on the way here, he even asked for Petra's name as well and introduced himself. This Guardian, Diamond, is rather strange. But what happened next surprised not only me, but my brother as well. Because as soon as my brother turned around, there was the head of a Vex Gate Lord, laying there on the floor. "We need to get into the Black Garden." I hear the Guardian say, his voice full of conviction. "Do you know where it even is?" My brother asked them, thinking he had them. "Yes I do, it is common knowledge after all." The Guardian says back at my brother, causing him to be silent. "Brother search the Gate Lord for that which gains them entrance." I said, commanding my brother to uphold his promise. "Why?! If you wish them certain death, just kill them here!" My brother said back at me, with hidden concern in his eyes. Concern for a young boy who is going into a place of Darkness that he is not likely to return from. "Often, when we guess at others' motives, we reveal only our own." I say to my brother. "My motive is simply loyalty, to a people, a Queen and a sister." My brother says back at me. "Then, please. Take what is required." I state to my brother. I then watch him tear into the head to get what is required. "Dead, unfortunately. A wasted effort I'm afraid." My brother said with a smile. "Perhaps. But I think these ones resourceful. We gift it, in sympathy for their Traveler." I say to my brother, which causes him to frown. "If you know where it is then tell me." My brother said to the Guardian. "Mars, Eighty-Four North, Thirty-Two East, Meridian Bay." Was all the Guardian said to my brother as he caught the husk of the key. I then stood up to address the Guardian personally. "I have shown you benevolence, Guardian. Should the Awoken ever need an ally I will call on you. And expect you to answer." I say to the Guardian, hoping he knows how serious I am about this. To my surprise though, I see the Guardian bend on one knee in a bow. "It would be an honor to help the Awoken when you need it." Was all the Guardian said as he finished his bow. "Your Grace." Is all he said before he turned and left the room.

"Sister, do you think it is wise to send someone as young as him into the Black Garden?" My brother questioned me, as I sat down again. "I don't know. But I do know that he will not perish and will prevail." I say to my brother while ending the conversation. This Guardian is indeed strange. I wonder and hope that I'm right about him. Is what I thought to myself.

Diamond POV, Right Outside the Throne Room

As I left the throne room I find Petra waiting outside for me. "I see that the meeting with my Queen went well, considering you're alive?" Petra asked me. "Yep, I got the key I needed. Now I just need to go to Mars." I answer her. "Wow, that's good. What did she require of you in return?" Petra asked me as we were walking away from the throne room. "She asked that if the Awoken ever needs help that I would provide it. And Petra, do you know a Fallen Captain named Zamos?" I asked Petra. "Yes, I do. He recently joined the House of Judgement recently. Why?" Petra asked me. "He's a friend of mine from the House of Devils, I convinced him to go here to join the House of Judgement. I wanted to visit him before I leave for Mars." I said to Petra. "Oh, well let me take you to him." Petra said to me. She then led me down some in the ship to a door with the House of Judgement sigil on it. "Be careful in there Diamond, I do not fully trust the Eliksni, but I'm sure they will do you no harm." Petra says to me.

I then open the door and walk through, into a whole room of House of Judgement members going about their businesses. I then stop a Vandal. "Greetings, do you know where the Captain Zamos is?" I ask him in Eliksni. "Oh, well he is in a meeting of the Captains right now. I can show you where it is." The Vandal said to me. We walked over to a door on the other side of the room. "By the way, how do you know our language and speak it fluently?" The Vandal asked me. "I learned it from another Vandal a while ago. And I have been making sure to speak a bit of it every day." I tell him. We were then quiet after that and waited for the meeting to end.

{A Few Hour Later}

I was leaving the Reef after meeting and having a reunion with Zamos. It wasn't much, considering we just talked about what we're doing currently and him wishing me luck with going to the Black Garden. Now I'm heading towards Mars, to try and save the Traveler.

Look out Mars, Diamond is coming to ya.

This took way too long for me to finish. I had everything planned out for it, then I forgot how to do the reunion with Zamos. The reason we don't see it is because I can't really make a scene up for it, so I sadly had to skip it and just end it where I wanted it to. Next chapter is the second part of the Black Garden Arc, and some adventures on Mars. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter.

Diamond signing out.